Patents by Inventor Nobuhiko Matsumoto

Nobuhiko Matsumoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240116218
    Abstract: Provided are a method for manufacturing a molded article consisting of a fiber-reinforced composite material containing a cured product of a thermosetting resin or a thermosetting resin composition and continuous reinforcing fibers, the method including, in this order, Steps (I) to (III) described below, a resin impregnating apparatus suitably used for the manufacturing method, and a 3D printer. Step (I): A coating step of coating a surface of a continuous reinforcing fiber bundle with a thermosetting resin or a thermosetting resin composition. Step (II): A resin impregnating step of twisting the continuous reinforcing fiber bundle after step (I) and obtaining a prepreg impregnated with the thermosetting resin or the thermosetting resin composition. Step (III): A heating and molding step of disposing the prepreg obtained in step (II) above and then heating the prepreg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuhiko MATSUMOTO, Kousuke IKEUCHI, Ryoma HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11932741
    Abstract: To provide a method for manufacturing a novel molded article using a commingled yarn and a composite material using a commingled yarn. The method for manufacturing a molded article, includes disposing a commingled yarn containing a continuous reinforcing fiber and a continuous thermoplastic resin fiber on a part of a surface of a prepreg, the prepreg containing continuous reinforcing fibers paralleling at least unidirectionally, and a thermosetting resin impregnated between the continuous reinforcing fibers, and heat-processing the prepreg with the commingled yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Matsumoto, Kousuke Ikeuchi
  • Publication number: 20240027024
    Abstract: Provided are a pressure vessel with excellent gas barrier properties, less likely to cause cracks, and excellent internal pressure fatigue properties, and a production method thereof. The pressure vessel includes a layer at least in the body part, and the layer includes a fiber-reinforced resin material that contains a resin component and a continuous reinforcing fiber. A ratio (inner region/outer region) of the continuous reinforcing fiber content (vol. %) in the inner region to a continuous reinforcing fiver content (vol. %) in the outer region is from 0.80 to 0.99, where the inner region is up to 0.1% from the inner side of the layer in the thickness direction, and the outer region is up to 0.1% from the outer side of the layer in the thickness direction, and the continuous reinforcing fiber content (vol. %) in the central region of the layer, which is between up to more than 0.1% from the inner side in the thickness direction and up to more than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuhiko MATSUMOTO, Kousuke IKEUCHI, Jun MITADERA
  • Publication number: 20230399772
    Abstract: Provided are a filament that does not impair the strength that is intrinsic to the filament and contains a disperse dye, and has excellent color fastness, a material using the filament, and a method for producing the material. The filament containing a polyamide resin having an aromatic ring and/or a hetero ring, and a disperse dye having an aromatic ring and/or a hetero ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki YAMANAKA, Nobuhiko MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11834294
    Abstract: Provided is a wound body of a commingled yarn, the wound body being capable of effectively suppressing fraying and sagging, disorder of a lower layer, or breakage of the commingled yarn during winding or use. Also provided is a method for manufacturing the wound body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Asami Nakai, Masataka Kaji, Mitsuro Takagi, Toshihiro Motochika, Nobuhiko Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20230374706
    Abstract: Provided are: a filament containing a polyamide resin, the filament having a high strength and a high retention percentage of mechanical properties after water absorption; a structure; a resin composition; and a method for producing the filament. The filament includes a polyamide resin containing diamine-derived structural units and dicarboxylic acid-derived structural units. 70 mol % or more of the diamine-derived structural units are derived from xylylenediamine, and 70 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid-derived structural units are derived from ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 11 to 14 carbons. The content of a compound with a molecular weight of 310 or more and 1000 or less is 0.1 mass % or more and 1.5 mass % or less, and the content of a compound with a molecular weight of less than 310 is 0.1 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki YAMANAKA, Nobuhiko MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230331943
    Abstract: Provided is a liner for a pressure vessel, the liner being constituted from a fiber-reinforced composite material containing a cured product of a thermosetting resin or a thermosetting resin composition, and continuous reinforcing fibers. Also provided is a high-pressure gas storage tank provided with the liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Kousuke IKEUCHI, Nobuhiko MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230142635
    Abstract: Provided are a prepreg in which reinforcing fibers are impregnated with an epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy resin (A) and an epoxy resin curing agent (B) containing a reaction product (X) of a component (x1) and a component (x2) described below, a fiber-reinforced composite material that is a cured product of the prepreg, a method for producing the prepreg, and a method for producing a high-pressure gas storage tank. (x1) At least one selected from the group consisting of meta-xylylenediamine and para-xylylenediamine (x2) At least one selected from the group consisting of unsaturated carboxylic acids represented by General Formula (1) below and derivatives thereof. (In Formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbons, an aryl group having from 6 to 12 carbons, or an aralkyl group having from 7 to 13 carbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kousuke IKEUCHI, Nobuhiko MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230107427
    Abstract: Provided are a hose excelling in a lightweight property and in fatigue fracture resistance, a method for manufacturing the hose, and a hydraulic pump. The hose includes a tube, an interior of the tube being hollow, continuous carbon fibers and/or continuous glass fibers wound around an outer circumference of the tube, and a thermosetting resin present external to the tube. The thermosetting resin has an elastic modulus from 0.5 to 10 MPa, and the continuous carbon fibers and/or continuous glass fibers are impregnated with at least a part of the thermosetting resin. The elastic modulus of the thermosetting resin is a numeric value determined by: heating the thermosetting resin for 2 hours at a curing temperature of the thermosetting resin; then subjecting the thermosetting resin to thermoregulation for two weeks under a condition of a temperature of 23° C. and a relative humidity of 55%; and then performing a measurement in accordance with JIS K7161:2019.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Asami NAKAI, Masataka KAJI, Toshihiro MOTOCHIKA, Keisuke IDE, Nobuhiko MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230066520
    Abstract: A method for producing a fiber-reinforced composite material containing a polyimide resin (A) having a predetermined repeating unit and a continuous reinforcing fiber (B), the method including the following steps (I) and (II) in this order: step (I): a step of laminating at least one polyimide resin (A) layer and at least one continuous reinforcing fiber (B) layer to obtain a laminated product; and step (II): a step of molding the laminated product by heating and pressurizing under a condition where a working parameter X expressed by the following expression (i) is 35 or more and 87 or less: X=(Tp?Tm)3×P1/2/1000??(i) wherein in the expression (i), Tp represents a temperature (° C.) during the molding, Tm represents a melting point (° C.) of the polyimide resin (A), and P represents a press pressure (MPa) during the molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Yuuki SATO, Kousuke IKEUCHI, Nobuhiko MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11499022
    Abstract: To provide a novel material that maintains suppleness which is the advantage of a material using fibers and has a low thermal shrinkage ratio, and a method for producing the material, a partially welded material using the material, a composite material, and a method for producing a molded product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Asami Nakai, Masataka Kaji, Mitsuro Takagi, Nobuhiko Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20220349093
    Abstract: Provided are a filament having, after a water absorption treatment, a high maintenance rate of linear strength and a high maintenance rate of knot strength, and a fishing line. The filament contains a polyamide resin (A), and the polyamide resin (A) is constituted from a constituent unit derived from a diamine and a constituent unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid, and 70 mol % or more of the constituent units derived from a diamine are derived from xylylene diamine, and 70 mol % or more of the constituent units derived from a dicarboxylic acid are derived from an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 11 to 14 carbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hatsuki OGURO, Nobuhiko MATSUMOTO, Takafumi ODA
  • Patent number: 11465370
    Abstract: Provided are: a method for manufacturing a molded article having high compressive strength and excellent appearance by compressing a shaped article obtained using a 3D printer, and a material containing another resin; and a manufacturing device for the same. The method for manufacturing a molded article includes: shaping a filament containing a resin and continuous reinforcing fibers using a 3D printer; and manufacturing a molded article by compressing a second material containing resin against a shaped article formed by the shaping, wherein the shaped article has a void ratio of from 5 to 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Shogo Mishima, Nobuki Hirooka, Nobuhiko Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20220267545
    Abstract: To provide a method for manufacturing a novel molded article using a commingled yarn and a composite material using a commingled yarn. The method for manufacturing a molded article, includes disposing a commingled yarn containing a continuous reinforcing fiber and a continuous thermoplastic resin fiber on a part of a surface of a prepreg, the prepreg containing continuous reinforcing fibers paralleling at least unidirectionally, and a thermosetting resin impregnated between the continuous reinforcing fibers, and heat-processing the prepreg with the commingled yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuhiko MATSUMOTO, Kousuke IKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220227072
    Abstract: To provide a production method with which a molded article excelling in surface appearance can be produced. The method for producing a molded article containing a thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers having a number-average fiber length of 1 mm or longer, wherein the method includes molding a material containing a thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers having a number-average fiber length of less than 30 mm using a first closed mold, and then molding only the molded material once again using a second closed mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventor: Nobuhiko MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220203651
    Abstract: To provide a multilayered body with high adhesion between a resin layer containing a nanofiber or the like and a metal layer, and a method for manufacturing a multilayered body. The multilayered body contains: a metal layer having an uneven region with an average length (RSm) of a contour curve element from 0.5 to 10 ?m; and a resin layer in contact with the uneven region of the metal layer, the resin layer containing a thermoplastic resin and a fibrous filler, the fibrous filler having a number average fiber diameter (F) of less than 1 ?m, and a ratio (RSm/F) of the average length (RSm) of the contour curve element of the uneven region to the number average fiber diameter (F) from 1 to 20000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuhiko MATSUMOTO, Jin NAKAMURA, Yuuki SATO, Atsushi SAKAI
  • Patent number: 11365458
    Abstract: A post-heating treatment device includes a detecting device for a height variation of a surface of the rail at every, predetermined pitch along a length direction of the rail, a control unit for defining a position of the rail to be a starting point of the welded section when the height variation detected by the detecting device at every predetermined pitch exceeds a predetermined threshold for the number of a predetermined times consecutively and defining a position of the rail to be an end point of the welded section when the height variation detected by the detecting device at every predetermined pitch is below the predetermined threshold for the number of the predetermined times consecutively, and a heating unit for heat treatment based on a position of the welded section detected by the detecting device. A post-heating treatment method using the post-heating treatment device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI HIGH FREQUENCY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Sugiyama, Nobuhiko Matsumoto, Ryuta Harada, Kenji Saita, Takeshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220153944
    Abstract: Provided is a fiber-reinforced resin material in which is used a polyamide resin such as MXD6 that is appropriately impregnated into continuous reinforcing fibers and has suppressed perforations and deficits when formed into a film in a molten state. Also provided are a wound body, a molded article, and a method for producing the fiber-reinforced resin material. The film-shaped fiber-reinforced resin material has a polyamide resin composition that is impregnated into continuous reinforcing fibers arranged in parallel in at least one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuhiko MATSUMOTO, Takafumi ODA
  • Publication number: 20220064377
    Abstract: Provided are a novel polyamide resin having a high melting point, and a composition and a molded article, for which the novel polyamide resin is used. A polyamide resin including a constituent unit derived from a diamine and a constituent unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid, where 70 mol % or more of the constituent unit derived from the diamine is derived from a xylylenediamine; and 70 mol % or more of the constituent unit derived from the dicarboxylic acid is derived from a phenylenediacetic acid; and where X+(Y/3) is 68 or more, when X mol % is defined as a proportion of a constituent unit derived from 1,4-phenylenediacetic acid in the constituent unit derived from the dicarboxylic acid, and Y mol % is defined as a proportion of a constituent unit derived from p-xylylenediamine in the constituent unit derived from the diamine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuya TOCHIHARA, Nobuhiko MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11235513
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional structure, capable of yielding a three dimensional structure that excels in buildability. The method for manufacturing a three-dimensional structure, comprises melting a filament that contains a thermoplastic resin by using a 3D printer, and depositing it onto a base, and comprising bonding the filament at one end of the filament to a surface of the base so as to achieve a bond strength to the base of 15 N or larger, and discharging the filament through a nozzle of the 3D printer onto a surface of the base so as to deposit thereon, while moving at least one of the base or the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Asami Nakai, Akio Ohtani, Hiroto Ito, Fumiya Hirano, Nobuki Hirooka, Nobuhiko Matsumoto